Baobab Centre For Young Survivors In Exile

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Baobab Centre For Young Survivors In Exile

The Baobab Centre is a therapeutic community providing psychotherapy and practical support to children, adolescents and young adults who are young survivors of extreme violence, trafficking or rape and who have been compelled to leave their own country to seek safety in exile.

Most are alone in the UK having lost parents and siblings in war and political violence. All live with profound trauma. The Baobab Centre aims to reduce their loneliness and isolation and rebuild their lives so they can participate in their new society. Currently we have over 70 beneficiaries. It is a testament to Baobab’s success that all our beneficiaries participate in education or in paid or voluntary work. With your help, these shattered lives can be rebuilt.

The Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile aims to increase the psychological well-being and community participation of young survivors of organised violence and human rights abuses who are asylum seekers or refugees in the UK.

We meet these aims through the following activities:
• Individual and group psychotherapy
• The development of a community based on user participation
• Practical support through the asylum seeking process
• Support for access to education, housing, benefits, employment & healthcare
• Expert psychological reports for court hearings
• Publication of research and evidence